The 300 MPs

The parliamentary elections of May 6th brought significant changes in party power and the human geography of the parliament...

The parliamentary elections of May 6th brought significant changes in party power and the human geography of the parliament. While the counting of crosses has not been completed, the initial picture shows that the big political names have been left out and many members are elected for the first time.

In the second district of Piraeus Yianis Tragakis is elected from ND, Dimitris Lintzeris from PASOK, Panayiotis Lafazanis and Tzeni Vamvaka from SYRIZA, Yiannis Kourakos from Independent Greeks, Diamanto Manolakou from KKE, Ioannis Lagos from Golden Dawn and Maria Giannakaki, but not Grigoris Niotis and Giannis Diamantidis from PASOK, Anastasios Nerantzis from ND and Vera Nikolaidou from KKE and LAOS’ Yiorgos Anatolakis is left out of parliament.

Epirus region

3 MPs are elected in Arta, Konstantinos Stylianos from ND, Olga Gerovasili from SYRIZA and Michalis Gokas from PASOK but not Kostantinos Papasiozos from ND or Dimitris Tsironis from PASOK.

In Chalkidiki ND has one seat with Efthimios Karanasios, PASOK with Yiannis Drivelegas and SYRIZA with Aikaterini Igglezi.

Western Greece region

In Aitoloakarnania ND reelects Marios Salmas and Konstantinos Karagounis, SYRIZA elects Yiorgos Varemenos, PASOK Thanasis Moraitis, Independent Greeks Dimitris Stamatis, KKE elects one MP with Nikos Moraitis and Panagiotis Nikolopoulos at the front. Democratic Left with one MP as well, other than Fotis Kouvelis, has Pavlos Theodoridis and Vasilis Patronis in first place while Golden Dawn has Kostas Barbarousis and Leonidas Stathopoulos as its first candidates.

In Achaia ND takes two seats with Athanasios Ntavlouros, Nikos Nikolopoulos and Michalis Bekiris up front, SYRIZA takes two seats as well with Alexis Tsipras, Maria Kanelopoulou and Vasiliki Hatzilabrou in the first spots, PASOK has one seat with Yiorgos Papandreou as first candidate followed by Kostas Spiliopoulos and Athanasios Papadopoulos. KKE has one seat with Nikos Karathanasopoulos and Dimitris Aggelopoulos in the front, Democratic Left with one seat and Nikos Tsoukalis and Eleni Aktipi, Independent Greeks with Yiorgos Ntavris and Spyridoula Anagnostopoulou, Golden Dawn with Michalis Arvanitis and Anastasios Giahalis, all with one seat.

In Magnisia ND elects Thanasis Nakos, KKE Apostolos Nanos, ND president Antonis Samaras was a candidate in Magnisia and Mesinia but he choses Mesinia as it seems, Democratic Left Parisis Moutsinas, Independent Greeks Marina Chrisoveloni and Golden Dawn Panyiotis Iliopoulos. Konstantinos Kartalis and Rodoula Zisi were left out, along with Pavlos Markakis from LAOS.

In Messinia ND elects Yiannis Labropoulos and Dimitris Sampaziotis but it the ND president chooses the seat in Messinia than Sampaziotis will lose his seat. PASOK reelects Nantia Gianakopoulou, SYRIZA Thanasis Petrakos and Golden Dawn Dimitris Koukoutsis, with Dimitris Kouselas from PASOK and Odysseas Voudouris from the Democratic Left staying out of parliament.

In Chania ND elects Manousos Voloudakis, Kiriakos Virvidakis and Kostas Giparis, and SYRIZA elects G. Stathakis. Evagelia Kouroupaki, Sifis Valirakis and Eftichis Damianakis of PASOK did not make it to parliament.